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Mott

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Mott is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Payne Knob stands 381 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is White Ranch Conservation Area, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 113 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.57528, -91.80528

90 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Grand Gulf State Park: 9.0 mi
  • Kelly Park: 9.2 mi
  • Gene Jones Park: 10.5 mi
  • Evans Sports Complex: 11.1 mi
  • People's Park: 11.2 mi
Springs: 24
  • Mammoth Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Cureall Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Wilder Springs: 19.8 mi
  • Fogey Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Lane Spring: 21.2 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Shaw Knob: 10.4 mi
  • Hines Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Wildcat Knob: 10.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Turkey Knob: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Totem Pole: 24.0 mi
  • Totem pole: 24.0 mi
  • Totem pole: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 23.1 mi
  • Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • White Ranch Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mott. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Payne KnobNW 318°381 m21.5 mi
High HillNNE 25°344 m24.9 mi
Martin HillNW 316°343 m21.7 mi
Hines HillNNW 345°336 m10.5 mi
Wallace KnobSSW 193°333 m14.1 mi
Wildcat KnobSSW 202°326 m10.7 mi
Salem KnobS 185°323 m13.5 mi
Pine HillSSW 193°308 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:5019:5120:30
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1616:1616:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333846566473777668564536
Precip in3.22.94.85.75.63.53.74.14.03.84.53.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Plains, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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